Monday, October 31, 2016

Hey Friends, We, the DLP's, hung our show of new work at the Jefferson Center yesterday.

A wide assortment of work to peruse. And if you click HERE you can see a few more photos.

Top photo, 2 landscapes on the ends are my work. And this photo has 2 of my abstracts.

And here is a defibrillator device with my abstract "Can't You Feel My Heart Beat" ( do you remember that old song?) hanging OVER it, not under it !! I have tried, at least a dozen times to straighten this photo. Could be my computer but I know how to do it and it looks correct in the folder it's saved in but when I load it to blogger it flips !! WHY?

This is a great show and I hope you will allow enough time to see it when you go for one of their performances. CLICK HERE to see their schedule

Friday, October 21, 2016

Hey Friends, I would like to Thank Judy Lochbrunner for sending this photo of ME painting in the City Cemetery in Lynchburg, Va. yesterday. TheDoubleLinePaintersoftheBlueRidge were in Lynchburg yesterday sharing the beauty of City Cemetery.

This is one of my recent finished studio paintings. It is 18x24 and listed in my website for sale.

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Hey Friends, Thought you might enjoy perusing a few photos I took as I worked on this in the studio. Obviously I started with making the entire canvas red. Threw in a bit of dark cherry red too. Then using 2-3 sized circles (cups etc.) and using different colors, applied the circles.

In the next to the last photo I have cut out white and black circles and taped to the canvas. You can see I did not follow the layout exactly.

Now it is up to you to take the Right Path.

I would never post a blog like this (all the verbiage at the bottom) but there are times when Blogger has do things his way. I always let him win.

Monday, October 17, 2016

Hey Friends, I have enjoyed this side of my brain working. Actually, It's probably the same side I've always used, it just feels different.

I started with a circle and some bead gel. From there it took on it's own life ! As I was adding the diagonal marks, they looked like liquid spinning off the wheel. That made me think of a time or two when children have gotten sick on carnival rides. And that made me think the ferris wheel did not like them doing that, so the wheel just spit the children OUT!

Friday, October 14, 2016

First is a new exhibit opening today at the Alleghany Highlands Arts and Craft Center in Clifton Forge. Last year I won a very nice award and prize. More info HERE

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Sunday October 30 - Monday December 4

The Holiday Show for the Double Line Painters of the Blue Ridge will be up at the http://www.jeffcenter.org Jefferson Center . We will line the halls with art from the past year. Plan to come by when you are in the area or attending a concert. A portion of art sales benefit the Jefferson Center.

Thursday November 3 - Tuesday January 10

The meeting room of the http://salemmuseum.org Salem Museum will be filled with even more art by the Double Line Painters of the Blue Ridge for the holiday season. Admission to the museum is free and makes a great outing for friends and family during the holidays. A portion of art sales benefit the Salem Museum.

Hope you can visit one of these shows coming up and that I run into you there

Saturday, October 8, 2016

Hey Folks, Not many of you wanted to come play in the rain. Can't blame you, this kind of weather is really good for sleeping. It is still beautiful, in my opinion. Look at that view.!

Suzanne Ross, above, came to play with her watercolors. above.

NO kin to Bob Ross, haha.

And Ms. Suzy came with her oils, above. The rain blew in sideways and got everyones stuff wet.

Here is Linda, smoozzing with Dana Phillips. He gave a demo earlier that I missed, dang it.

This is his demo and it really looks much better in person. My colors are off. It is 581 and/or 220 at Tanglewood. He made such a common, drab view, beautiful

Then on my way home, I stopped at the Greenway along the Roanoke River in Salem, to show you how it looks like the Great Muddy Mississippi, when this full. It has covered the walkway!

Such a beautiful place we live in.

Very thankful Hurricane Matthew did not cause any more damage than it did. It spared most of the people and homes along Florida's coast. I have a dear friend in the Ormond beach area, that I was very worried about but she only lost a few trees and palms and some of her roof. Of course, she has a mess to clean up but she and her fur babies are safe.

Sunday, October 2, 2016

Hey Dear Friends, This photo is from last year at South Peak's First Paint Out.

The weather that weekend was a little raw. They have a wonderful gazebo up there with a giant fireplace so we were cozy and happy. Seems maybe about 6 or 7 of us crammed ourselves into this gazebo to stay warm and cut the wind a bit that morning.